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Lee M. Cera, D.V.M., Ph.D.
Assistant Dean, Comparative Studies
Director, Section of Comparative Medicine
Associate Professor, Department of Cell
Biology,
Neurobiology and Anatomy |
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B.A., Biology and Chemistry, 1971 St. Xavier University.
B.S., Veterinary Medicine, 1973 University of Illinois.
D.V.M., 1975 University of Illinois.
Resident, Comparative Medicine and Pathology, 1975-1978. The University of
Chicago, Billings Hospital, Carlson Animal Research Facility.
Ph.D., Cell and Molecular Pathology, 1992. The University of Chicago, Pritzker
School of Medicine
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EMAIL |
Current
Interests |
| Sendai virus, viral carcinogenicity, pulmonary cancer |
Laboratory Focus |
| My research focus is the study of the innate cellular changes in both respiratory
epithelium and cellular components of the immune system which occur in mice during and
following a natural infection with rodent Sendai virus The specific project presently
under investigation involves the potential carcinogenicity of Sendai
Virus Pilot data
reveals that mice infected with Sendai virus, then challenged with a known lung carcinogen
(urethane) will show an increased incidence of respiratory tumors Sendai virus appears to
shorten anticipated latency period for such tumor growth, with an increase in the size and
malignancy of the tumors
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Publications |
| Wright,
M.H., Cera, L.M., Sarich, N.A.,
Lednicky, J.A. Reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction
detection and nucleic acid sequence confirmation of reovirus infection in
laboratory mice with discordant serologic indirect immunofluorescence
assay and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay results. Comparative
Medicine, Vol. 54, No.4, (410-17),
August 2004.
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